The offshore pipeline network in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is the largest and most transparent system in the world. A review of deepwater projects in the region provides insight into construction cost and installation m...The offshore pipeline network in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is the largest and most transparent system in the world. A review of deepwater projects in the region provides insight into construction cost and installation methods and the evolution of contract strategies. Pipeline projects are identified as export systems, infield flowline systems, and combined export and infield systems, and three dozen deepwater pipeline installations from 1980–2014 are described based on Offshore Technology Conference(OTC) and Society of Petroleum Engineers(SPE) industry publications and press release data. Export lines and infield flowlines are equally represented and many projects used a combination of J-lay, S-lay and reel methods with rigid steel, flexible line, and pipe-in-pipe systems. The average 2014 inflation-adjusted cost for pipeline projects based on OTC/SPE publications was $2.76 million/mi and ranged from $520 000/mi to $12.94 million/mi. High cost pipelines tend to be short segments or specialized pipeline. Excluding the two cost endpoints, the majority of projects ranged from $1 to $6 million/mi. The average inflation-adjusted cost to install deepwater pipelines in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico based on available public data is estimated at $3.1 million/mi.展开更多
Taking the accelerometer installation errors into consideration, the attitude optimization algorithm of Gyro Free Inertial Meastement Unit （GFIMU） is studied in the high spinning condition in this paper. A ten-accel...Taking the accelerometer installation errors into consideration, the attitude optimization algorithm of Gyro Free Inertial Meastement Unit （GFIMU） is studied in the high spinning condition in this paper. A ten-accelerometer configuration is designed so as to establish a mathematical model to acquire the angular speeds in the case of installation errors. Precision of the algorithm is evaluated by using damping GaussNewton method. A large amotmt of sinmlation results show that ff the accelertlmter＇s angleinstallation errors main-tain small （〈5°）, the errors of attitude angles can be limited within ±1°. Hence, the algorithm has a great applicable value in engineering.展开更多
基金provided through the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
文摘The offshore pipeline network in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is the largest and most transparent system in the world. A review of deepwater projects in the region provides insight into construction cost and installation methods and the evolution of contract strategies. Pipeline projects are identified as export systems, infield flowline systems, and combined export and infield systems, and three dozen deepwater pipeline installations from 1980–2014 are described based on Offshore Technology Conference(OTC) and Society of Petroleum Engineers(SPE) industry publications and press release data. Export lines and infield flowlines are equally represented and many projects used a combination of J-lay, S-lay and reel methods with rigid steel, flexible line, and pipe-in-pipe systems. The average 2014 inflation-adjusted cost for pipeline projects based on OTC/SPE publications was $2.76 million/mi and ranged from $520 000/mi to $12.94 million/mi. High cost pipelines tend to be short segments or specialized pipeline. Excluding the two cost endpoints, the majority of projects ranged from $1 to $6 million/mi. The average inflation-adjusted cost to install deepwater pipelines in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico based on available public data is estimated at $3.1 million/mi.
基金supported by National Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement and Technology(No.9140C120401080C12)
文摘Taking the accelerometer installation errors into consideration, the attitude optimization algorithm of Gyro Free Inertial Meastement Unit （GFIMU） is studied in the high spinning condition in this paper. A ten-accelerometer configuration is designed so as to establish a mathematical model to acquire the angular speeds in the case of installation errors. Precision of the algorithm is evaluated by using damping GaussNewton method. A large amotmt of sinmlation results show that ff the accelertlmter＇s angleinstallation errors main-tain small （〈5°）, the errors of attitude angles can be limited within ±1°. Hence, the algorithm has a great applicable value in engineering.
